The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-24 00:00:00

FOR THE, SUN. CORN QUESTION. MR. EDITOR,—The sUrreptitions mode now practising of obtaining signatutes to a CORN PRTI vroNT seems a pretty certain manifestation of some set ious intention to bring in a New Corn Bill at the Meeting of Parliament. A Pleasure so it:judicious must be opposed by every le ;: al means that Real Patriute can devise. 'lf the Landed Interest of both Parties unite, no 111inistry can venture to oppose ; it becomes there fore the duty of the nation at larue to support the' cause of the twion, not by faction; clamour nr tint, but by a calm and steady support of such treasures as the Government may find necessary to oppose and to avert the e'il. !tot, before that evil can he averted or reme. Ilie sl know it colse ; and, in point of view, it is Fl VPi - V (.013ordiwiry lief. !In 'the numer. , us and judicious writers on the subject, in t-he Daily Papers, have hitherto been unable to trace it to its origin. The truth is, they go to ADAM SMITH for abstract principles, when they ought to investigate FAcTs passing before thoir cyt.—Pacts which ADAM SMITH 'ever contem plated! When, some years ago, the demand tot Finur exceeded both in quantity, and in propor tion to other produce, what it had formerly been, every acre, naturally fitted for Intent, was laid down fukr that crop. The deman(l increased ; more land was wanted for Wheat ; the small far mer, i b little capital beyond his labour, found hilly:elf at a stand ; the interruptions ot commerce thrrw capital into the mar ket ; Capitalists found that roving wheat was a acti, speculation, so did leodholders ; con , rgoently great rents were Of fered by men who became, not farnzars, but agri culturists, and a new system pervaded the land. But what were the consequences ? Simply thus ; that ten farms of 100 acres were thrown into one of 1000 ; that one farm-house became a villa, with the dung-heap and straw-yard exchanged for a lawn and shrubbtry, the churn and the spinning wheel for the sofa and pianoforte ! Nor would this have been a serious evil, bad it not been for the concomitants of nine farming families being removed by the agricultural Leviathan, ot the aged yeomanry and their wives being sent to the vork-house, a part only of their sous retained for f Id la ho r, whilst the daughters came up to Lou- don to seek for service, but found only vice and ruin ; and of the pulling down farm-houses and homesteds, nay the obliteration of whole villages, to sore taxes and repairs - !!! , For in Ow, Mr. Editor, is to be found the true cause of the present attempt to raise the Markets above the maximum of tl►e existing Corn-bill. When Peace Prices carne into the market, the capitalist could no longer afford to raise wheat On land naturally unfit, nor to pay War Rents; of course farms, nay whole parishes, were thrown up, and nothing was left for the landholder but to lower his rents and reduce his farms to their original size. It was easy, indeed, to divide 1000 acres into ten parts : but where find a farming tenantry, when the yeomanry were swept away Besides, where are the farm-houses and barns, &c. for each small farm Of course, all gone ! But till these are rebuilt, no small farms can be oc cupied. The landholders are linable to build them ; and hence the plan of raising the markets, in hopes of once more tempting capitalists to oc cupy /urge tmes. Here, Sir, is the evil ; but where, it may be Asked, is the remedy ? Certainly not in a Corn Bill ; but in the rebuilding of farm-houses, barns, &c. To effect this, the landholders must be as sisted. They have been imprudent and improvi dent ; but in seeking to punish them, we must slot ruin the nation. To enter upon this part of the suhieet would trespass too much on your limits ; but means miOlt he found, by flie advance of a million or two, in necessary proportions, upon good secu rity, to assist the landholders, and at the same time to give a powerful stimulus to industry, both mechanical and 2gricul:oral, all over the kingdom. In hoprs that some person better tptalifie.4l will take up the subject, I shall, for the present, remain, Your's, IGNOTUS. Yesterday a Court of Directors t‘as held. at the East India House, when-Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir CHARLES COLVILLE, G. C. B. was sworn iu as Commauder-iu-Chief of the Company's Forces, Find Alt.,mher of-Council at Bombay. Ilie‘Gene rat afterwards dined with the Directors at the I.,oudon Tsvern.--,-The sindermenzioned Com. I olders took leave of the Court previous to de parting for their_respective destioatiors, viz.-- . Captain T. Larkios,•Margnis Caniticn ; Captain it Scott, Charles Grant ; C. Mortloth, Lowther Castle; T. T.',w•ra:kile, lntifis; R. 'Nisbet, Essex; R. S. Dalrymple, Vansitt..rt—for Eombay The Cross which the Duke of IVELLINGTON itas received from the *king of FRANCE ftirpaSS , .'S in spiendorir every one of the ;same kiud iu Eu rop!-. It is caul to be worth full twenty-five thousand pounds sterling. LONDON SOO RNA LS. 'FROM THE MORNINGPAPER'i .OF THIS [Morning /Jowl The Morning Paper, *hose Unexampled at tempts to deceive the Public in every respect, particularly in regard to pretended changes in the Ministry, we have felt it our duty to expose and reprobate, strange to say, st'll audaciously per severes in its reprehensible and most unplincipled practices. It has been truly, observed by a re spectable cotempora7* that the Pape in questind must have some interested purpose in view " iu the propagation of such " consclons falsehoods." Bat it might have been added, that it is a despe rate expedient to eke out a miserable existence ; and this consideration might in d uce us to pity the wretched people, were it not tOr the unparalleled impudence with which t hey persevere iu their in famous career. With respect to the (act, we have only to repeat what we have already stated upon lull authority, that there never was even a sha dnw of foundation tor Hoy or the assertions con tained in the Journalto which' we allude. All is utterly and absolutely !Take, nothing of the kind slated ha ving ever Elect) even remotely content ,red, respectable Editor of The Morning Yost has not correctly stated our words.. We said yesterday, that the Paper alluded to " must hare ionic interested purpose in cr must feel a contemptible gratification in the circula tion of conscious falsehood." 'THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Loa Night. TM:ATM? r nYAL , DttUltY-lANE.—(lBth Brutus a tu cius itntins. Mr. Kean; Tarquinia, Mrs. W. West. After which, Ilarinecitle. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GA RDENL—Vvnice Preserved Pierre. Mr. Young; Belvidere, Miss O'Neill. Atter which, Ruse D'Amour. THE EFFECIS 01 , "1 - 11F FOG. Though iti another column vie have given a list of accidents which htive occurred in consequence of the Fog wilid) has lately prevailed io the Me tropolis, we are concerned to and, many (oilers ate now carne to our knowledge, of a different character, but equally iiveresiing to the Public. A few of them we shall here briefly state, anti re serve the rest fora ficure occa s ion. In the City of Westminster the gloom was such, that the most sharp-sighted Electors could not see any thing in Mr. Ifolitionse to qualify hint to n present them in Parlia ment. That Gent It:il4Ml'S Committee too, in consequence, of the Fog, fell into some very distressing mistake's. Fre quently, where they thought they had found some of their friends, it turned out that the parties they accosted were de cidedly in favour of the opposite interest. In one case the feelings of a Committee-man were very much hurt. flaying treated a suppoi.ed independent, who happened to he in the tap-room at the Red Lion, with a glass of gin and hitters, be proceeded to business in the usual way, with " Well, my' honest friend—flohhouse for ever !—Now who do you like ?' "Like!" replied the fellow, " Like ?—why I like Max-well/ Mr. Woolcr was seen in a very pitiable situation. He had groped his way into Guildhall, near the place where the Bankrapo' Commissioners usually sit. He was looking for a seat in the Court of Con»on Council, but could not filed his was to it, and was at last obliged to remain on tine wrong side of the door. Doctor. Watson and Gale Jones cauld not see a fee or a patient on either of the two last days. Nlr.Sturch could not see why the Westminster Committee should send him to Coventry. Sir F. Burdett could not see the thousand pounds be lately watt, for Ward Mr.liobhouse's election, nor any thing likely to TVS nit from it iinlivottr . of aia friend the young shouter. Mr. Hunt could not see any chance of creating a new riot, or of making himself more truly contemptible than he is at present. Mr. Tierney could see no probability of ousting Ministers in the new Parliament. Lord Castlereagh could see no reason to care a straw fur any thing that could be done by the present Opposition. Mr. P. Moore could see nobody paying to see the new Tragedy of " Brutus." The Friends to the Petition for a new Corn Bill could not see that there would be any harm in starving the poor, in order to check the spirit of emigration among the lower orders. The Gas Light Company's servants at Peter-street, West mihster, could riot see to supply the Company's customers with the quantity of light for which they had stipulated, mad itt cousetvence many had to complain that they only did enough to make •‘ darkness visible." But the most distressing case of all was that of Major Cart wright, who, from the extreme thickness of the tog, could not rest! his own pamphlets on Parliamentary Reform. This calamity was the more severely. felt, as he was unable to find ttny body else that could read then► to him. A number of westminster Electors were applied to on the occasion, some of whom had learnt the alphabet, but, at a late hour last night, none cuuld•be found to go through them, or to see the utility of one of them.—(Bitl.) We received this mm fling the Paris Papers of S►►nday and 'lnt►day last. The following are extracts " CHANIBER. OF DEPUTIES. " PRESIDENCY OF M. BAVEZ• " sITTING OF DEC. 19. " The President made his entry in state, and look the Chair. " A profound silence being established, the President deliverv,.l th following Speech :-- " Alessictiro, F'l tt ~~.1 ~7 " The wisdom of the King. the love of the people, and the vote of the Cif:linkers, have over come the misfortunes of the country. At peace with the world, France to be happy only needs to desire the preservation of her tranquillity, and her future security. She expects from your com mon efforts these last pledges of prosperity and safety. To maintain the legitimate throne, by giving to it for support the institutions pro mised by the Chat - ter, to conciliate with its spirit all dispositions necessary to the stability of-our public rights, and to the maintenance of our liber ties, to place with a firm and courageous hand limits to that liceivionsness which is inconsistent with freedom; such are our duties, 1 would even say our thoughts and our wishes. " Pardon me, Messieurs, for thus explaining my own sentiments by your's. It i your suf frages that inspire me with confidence. They prepared the way to the honour which the King has condescended to confer upon me in summon• ing me to preside over your deliberations." " (The rest of the. Speech merely relates to the . official duties of the President in the Chair.) • " The Speech was ordered to be printed. ." Messages were ordered . to be sent to.tbe King and to the Chamber of Peers, stating the Cham ber of Deputies to be definitively constituted. The President inrifed the Alembers tit 10-. • • • • semble in their'Bure'aux, to appoint a Committee f or preparing an Address to the King, a Commit tee of Petitions, &c. " Notice to be given of the next Sitting'. " NAMES OF COMMITTEE rolt PREA'ARINU THE AD DREss To THE KING. " MM. Fornier de Saint Lary, the Count Sim 6/11, Barthe la Bastide, the Count Bengnot, the Count de Bondy, the Baron Portal, de Serre, the Count Dupont, Pella-t. " COMMITTEE OF PETITIONS. " M. M. Breton, the Chevalier Figarol, the . Marquis Dorea, the Count de Courtarvel, Admyrault, Delong, .‘ia roye-Rollin, Albert, My iere, " PArus, Dec. 20.- 7 —The King transacted busi ness yesterday with the Duke de Richelieu. " The case of General ,Cannel against MM. Sainneville and Fabvier, erne on again yesterday. hefore the Tribunal of Correctional Police, and was again adionrned for a week. " Dcc. 21.—The King received yesterday the Ambassadors, Ministers, Marshals, Cardinals, the Members of the two Chambers, " lLc aqui t of the Cauttittee of ;l;e Chain- her of l'rers, on the address to the King; will be u►ade to•morrow. " A translation of the Treaty respecting lin t reversion of the Duchy of Parma, concluded 10111 June, 1817, has heen published in a Frankfort Journal. By the Article, it is agreed that the Duchies of Parma, Plaisatice, and Guastalla, atter the death of the Archduchess Marta Louisa, shall descend in full Sovereignty to the Infanta of Spain Matia Louisa, the Infant Don Charles Louis, her son, and his male descendants in the right line, with the exception of the . Districts surrounded by the States of the Ere" peror of Austria on the left bank of the Po, which are to remain the property of his bpi)" vial Majesty.—The fourth Article gives the revel.... slot) of the Principality of Lucca to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.—The sth Article gives the Emperor of Austria a right to garrison Plaisance• The 7th Article directs that, after the extinction of the branch of the Infant Din Charles Louis, the reversion of the Duchies of Parma, Plaisancer and Guastalla, shall descend as directed by the . Treaty of Aik-13-Chapette of 1748, and the sepa' rate ankle at the Treaty between Austria and S a t . .. dinia.of the 20 h May, 1815. " The King is still confined by the gout, bug the pin is diminished. " he work of NlAdame de Siad, on t he French Revolution, has been prohibited in ELECI lON OF COMMON ,COUNCIL.j Yesterday, at 3 o'clock;tl►e pol:s for the Wards of Bread-street, Bistiopsgate, and Cheap, filially closed, when the numbers were as follow: BREAD-STREET WARD. Mr. Deputy Hayward 7i Mr. Suwerby 7l Mr. Dibhin Mr. Mathie Mr. Coleman 6B Mr. Gillman .... 67 Mr. Elliott This ward win His HOPSG A Mr. Dep. Greenaway 346 Sir Win. 4awlins, Dep. 845 Mr. William Day *Mr. Peacock 3.32 Mr. Buinsted 330 *Mr. S. !Bennett.. 428 M r. Pea.rson 327 Mr. Davies .. 315 Th is Ward retorts: 14 Mc Stirtirant arc rejected. Mr. Gibson ... 64 Mr. Moore *Mr. Illakesby .... 61 Mr. Blackruoie Mr. Bate *Mr. Oliver ... , '27 *Ml.l:l'ipper ens 14 Members.. it7'l3 WARD. Air. Nash SU :Mr. Judliins .... 310 Mr. Glover 297 Mr. Sanford ... *Air. Downes ... 445 *Mr. Rudd . . 944 *Mr. Stirtivant.. ..... .153 *Mr. Woofer 165 !cabers. \lr. Mailer and Mr. CHEAP Mr. Deputy LoNley iO6 Mr. T. Smith 9B Mr. Yenning Mr. Beats ...... 96 Mr. Jerram Mr. P&rrcll .. •Mr. James This Ward tem Those nut I . livd Om: I WARD. M r. 'Brook Mr..l9nt s .. ' 93 Mr. F.: with 9l Mr. Xennings *Mr. Ledger 91 *Mr...sVotliespoirn 45 ns ►2 Mt milers. are new caadidateg. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.---YeSterdaY morning, Sarah Leigh, a little child, aged four years, the daughter of Mr. Leigh, of Fulham Fields, WaS imprudently locked alone in the house by 'ler mother while Ebe - went out ots .some business ; when the mother returner) she round the place full of smoke, and was almost horror struck at seeing her child lying on the floor, burnt in a ni,nner too dreadful to describe ; her clothes were hunt completely off her hack. , A surgeon was sent for, and upon Isis art iral he fonr►d that she was dead. It appeared that during- the mother's ab- Lmce she .had got to the are, and in lighting some sticks set her clothes in ilau►.s. TO CORItESPONDENTS. We this morning received a Letter froth a Gentleman at Bristol, in chusequence of one which appeared in our Paper of the 18th instant, signed A MEticHANT or Ilium) L. We are assured, in the Letter which w received this day. that the Letter signed A MERCHANT or BnIXTot, " contains expressions that do great injustice" to a Gentleman of that City. The subject related to CERTIFICATED CoNvEvANCER9, a subj , ct first introduced in this Paper, and which has been most ably and amply discussed by several of our Cor respondents. This subject is of very great importance to the Public at large, in all matters of property ; but it has been our chief aim to obviate personalities, and references to any individnals. if the MERCHANT of Butsrot., whom we really do not know, but whose Letter we insetted, be cause it contained the statement of a peculiar case, in which no names were mentioned, has done injustice to any individual, or wounded the feelings of any respectable character, we are readily disposed to render hint all the atonement in our power, and will most freely admit any contrary statement, as we wish that our Paper thould, as it has always done from its origin, invariably maintain a character for truth, candour, impartiality, and justice. - The great lengi h of the American President's .Message ol)liges us to delay many Favours. PRICE OF STOCKS fHIQ I , AY AT TWF.I.VE M pet Cent. Red lndia Bonds 795. rt • J'cr Cent ... 864 Exch. gilts. I:is. pr. 4 per Cvnts, Daok L. Ann.. 19 IS-160)s 40 I`.4.VILS. ARRIVED-1 Dublin, 1 France, 1 Leeward Islands. DUE—I %Vatvrforti, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Sweden, 't burgh, I Lisbon., FT IC WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE Nlurning, .9 winntes ufter 11• I Evening, minutes after 12. THE SUN. 1101,F11 QUIT DICEIZE FA1,91.131 AUDEAT ? LON DON, 7'HUR,SI).4Y, DECEMBER 24, ISIS, stria. ig Colonel ALithot, included in the Ordonnance of the 24th July, returned to Paris some der. silice. FIVE PER CENTS. Saturday DEFERRED STOCK. Of the 22d March, 1817, • 7S f. Me. eid Sept. I Si 7, March, lflis, 74 f. 43d Sept. 4 .. .. f. 9a CADIZ, DEC. is still hoped that th e ' expeditionary army will consist of 18,000 men . , but the greatest obstacles, particularly the want of money, oppose its completion. " AIADato Dec. B.—ln -consequence o f the bandittis of deserters, it is dangerous to nava in fis INlancha or Anddlusis ‘vith-out A 11)1" itsry escort ; it► the latter Prnvince every Co" tier mist have an escort of 30 men. A '"' merotts pArty of these trtmlitti a few drys since entered the town of Oc:+n:►, teli leagues frog►► 31 3 " where they levied contributions, and coal', mitred excesses. " VIENNA, Dee. 10.—The Emperor proceed' ' rotn hence to meez the Einperot of Russia, 1r1;° to arrke the day after 10.4;40;1'1W," Extract of a Private Letter frxn New York, dale Nov. 21 (received in Town this Mortii.'ig). " During the last three days we have been rte sited with severe hurricanes and continued lie ol rains. J ant :sorry to inform you of the loss of I". fine ship Andrew Jackson, Capt. Morac.ToN, Bristol, bound to this port : it is not expeeted that any of her cargo will be saved—her boat" the only things, Lire exrered up every 10 001 04 from the Hook. The ship Samuel, from Gr' e Dock to this port, has also been emit ely lost b e low, and I am extremely sorry to add, that . ' i men, who put off yesterday to save her manifest and papers, were all lost. It is also feared ship Martha, from Liverpool, also fOr this Pa rt ' has either been driven oo shore or dismasted , she was spoken with two days ago Making for harbour." • Letters from New York, dated the 2911) " 1 " and Philadelphia to the 27th, received this WO' ink;, give gloomy accounts 'of commercial bosincs in America. The Papers brought by the ship Rositin frog' New York, to the latter end of last month, not be up till to-morrow. As we copy the whole of TffE MrssAGE, trap nutted by TIIK PHESIDENT of the United States America to both HOuses of Coperess, on the 1 6 ' 5 ult. into our . Paper this day, it i s not, r ecess ' ll that we'shonld-offend the sigacity of °or 11,tader5 entering into a regular examination of a DocHweill before them. We may, hcr.vever, be allowed to say, that it is, one of tire tir , st satistactort; Pr, duet ions of the k that Bare derived f ro nt 11)° , same (patter. 'lite chief point is that wbicti states the amicable relati,,os which continue 19e; tween America and the British Empire. We trtls l that the Government of both Countries will fee the r:t!tte of these amicable relations, and it (I(!avour to promote 81)(1 confirm then). the interest of tPub Pirties to uptl old , e h the controversy which separa ' l l e7t: j e tr A ertnneesr:c.:l : l' Colonies from the Parent State must he near l y o f an end, aud we hope will, in i.el p rogres s ef time, atld• tinder a sense of reciprocal advt,iitego be wholly extinguished. The language of It ' 0 countries is the same, the sentiments WO great degree be congenial, am! thz. Wit i(jll3l C I 0 4 racier of ;lie Parent Country most be retain° strengthen these connexions. the succe 4 sense str ongly IntitUa ThaY last We find tnent, th ltevolted the revol Often sta tlict, to itevoltel PRESIDE 11 Pon li,. the Rev( lY C otlntri( do not y fear it , both The for th e 1 RA M s 11!;i1,-1 Tat t hpt• ~t ~; tht‘ brie 1 " / "ILer i 'urdr\ 111 1ist 114 t WO Presin m -ittere In "On, P 4 :7114 , Rio Jane t!rslnirgl ~~':;:c•r:n'; Ia ynr. Cleare, Wood, NI ~'yrthal Uretiacia Ikk, •1•W The visit to tog . 1 nest clev, T e Paid e - v Ills it( Nt•ry 1) 1 4t11.1,t,•) Ato v „! V ov ; 110;IRC Yes ~t " ry b arse The Plirsc g \\'~l9 ~1 I \linit;l the 1.r., "cct . pi WELL si!t)rt ()Mee "Iti ( fo r it l►ext, Tu t inem s 'lint . ' 'ti retm y,, th e .Rp gp, Stat,' Lo left I 240 c 10.0€ per a 15,0( is d . villa for it ably Th of clay e \vele act (,) for a Uheri 'Jr -se tin; a Vt. t.I th e . ; ~ljti